Childhood Lost

Children today are noticeably different from previous generations, and the proof is in the news coverage we see every day. This site shows you what’s happening in schools around the world. Children are increasingly disabled and chronically ill, and the education system has to accommodate them. Things we've long associated with autism, like sensory issues, repetitive behaviors, anxiety and lack of social skills, are now problems affecting mainstream students. Blame is predictably placed on bad parenting (otherwise known as trauma from home).

Addressing mental health needs is as important as academics for modern educators. This is an unrecognized disaster. The stories here are about children who can’t learn or behave like children have always been expected to. What childhood has become is a chilling portent for the future of mankind.

Anne Dachel, Media editor, Age of Autism

(John Dachel, Tech. assist.)

"What will happen in another 4 years? How can we go on like this? This is a national (and international) problem of monumental proportions. We have an entire new class of children who cannot be accommodated by the system: many are manifestly neurologically impaired. Meanwhile, the government and the medical profession sleep on regardless."

John Stone,

UK media editor, Age of Autism

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"The generation of American children born after 1990 are arguably the sickest generation in the history of our country."

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

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(UK) Dudley special education system faces $6.5M (US) overspend

Nov 28, 2019, Birmingham Mail: Rethink on special education as mainstream schools reject £1m proposal in Dudleyhttps://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/rethink-special-education-mainstream-schools-17329811'The consistent theme coming through from the discussions in the consultation events is that there is a complete lack of trust and belief in the SEND system'
Dudley Council said it is having to rethink plans after mainstream schools rejected a proposal to switch £1 million into education for children with disabilities.
The dismissal came as headteachers and governors said there is a complete lack of trust in the borough’s Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) system.
The council revealed in September that the cost of the service is predicted to overrun by £5 million this year.
Figures sent out to schools during a consultation warned that figure could increase to £22 million by March 2024….
A meeting of the Schools Forum held on Wednesday was told a recommendation to transfer funds from secondary education into the High Needs Block allocation was opposed by 90 per cent of respondents.
Out of ten responses, nine rejected the plan….H FOR
“The consistent theme coming through from the discussions in the consultation events is that there is a complete lack of trust and belief in the SEND system.”
The consultation findings are a blow to education bosses who wanted to transfer 0.5 per cent of next year’s predicted £206 million mainstream schools’ budget into SEND’s High Needs Block funding.
This would have been in addition to £35 million the council is hoping it will get from the government for schooling children with disabilities.